Martin Heckscher, managing director of Heckscher & Company, in Bayham Street, Camden Town, told the jazz pianist there were more than 100 piano makers in Camden Town and Kentish Town in the late 19th century.

Mr Cullum looked around the supplier’s workshop and showroom before asking about the history of the family business, founded in 1883.

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